Moral Individualism and Relationalism: a Narrative-Style Philosophical Challenge

Morally unequal treatment of different nonhuman species, like pigs and dogs, can seem troublingly inconsistent. A position Todd May calls moral individualism and relationalism appears to justify the moral discomfit attending such species-differentiated treatment. Yet some of its basic assumptions ar...

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Main Author: Coghlan, Simon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2016]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 5, Pages: 1241-1257
RelBib Classification:NCA Ethics
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Cora Diamond
B Relationalism
B Moral consistency
B Moral relevance
B Raimond Gaita
B Moral individualism
B Todd May
B Narrative philosophy
B Nonhuman animals
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